I-T officials have questioned PNB Manging Director and Chief Executive Sunil Mehta and other officials to determine how the LoUs were recorded in the bank's books
In a major decision, RBI on Tuesday banned banks from issuing Letters of Undertaking (LoUs)
The new disclosure takes PNB's overall exposure in the still unravelling fraud case to well over the $2 billion mark
The RBI said the decision to discontinue the practice of LoUs and Letters of Comfort (LoCs) for trade finance comes into force with immediate effect
FM Arun Jaitley said the last fraudulent LoU was issued on May 23, 2017
Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi have allegedly defrauded the PNB and other banks of Rs 127 billion
'Banks should continue working on improving their balance sheets on a priority basis'
Lapses at multiple fronts, including supervisory and audit, are among the factors being blamed for the scam
The agency is grilling him to know how the loans were granted and how the diversion of funds happened besides the involvement of senior executives of PNB
The chief reminded the employees about how the bank, set up in 1894, steered through tough times, including two world wars, the great depression in 1930 and India-Pakistan partition in 1947
It is time that the ICAI and senior professionals defend the profession and ensure that it does not become the scapegoat every time a financial scam occurs
Gandhi in his tweet about "other law firms" was referring to the searches carried out by the CBI at the Mumbai offices of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Most of the banking frauds and wilful default cases, like Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya's cases are said to pertain to trade finance
Modernisation, rise of other communities can shake the model of one trading community
He also said that the role of SC and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in these two sectors added fuel to the fire
Setting up of the National Financial Reporting Authorityshould not be viewed as an indictment of ICAI
Long-term track record of Nifty Bank index and banking sector funds shows, investors who continue to repose faith in the sector could be richly rewarded over the long term
Ficci prez Rahesh Shah said, "We have to overcome the fear psychosis. The investigation should not result in fear psychosis."
Lenders have increased the number of loan-approving staff; both fund-based assistance and opening LCs and executing export orders have been impacted
For all existing loans of over Rs 500 million, banks have been asked to collect passport details of borrowers within 45 days